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Pte. George Henry White
British Army 5th Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:Hempton, Deddington, Oxfordshire
(d.3rd May 1917 )
George White is the 1st Cousin three times removed of my wife Irene Davies. George was a Private with the 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 42nd Brigade, 14th Division during the Great War. George was born in 1888 in Over Norton, Oxfordshire to Job White and Eva Augustus White (nee Brooks). In July 1889 his brother Jessie Thomas White was also born in Over Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The 1901 Census shows he was 13 years old, living with his parents Job age 40 years and Eva Augusta age 42 years together with his brothers Jessie Thomas age 11 years and John Edwards age 18 years; in the Town of East Adderbury. On the 8th of April 1905 he married Emma Elizabeth Timms at the Parish Church in Deddington, Oxfordshire. He was 18 years old, a bachelor and laborer in Hempton, she was 19 years old and a spinster. Their marriage was officiated by The Reverend Thomas Boniface, vicar of the parish church. The Banns of Marriage were read at the same church on 19 March 1905, 26 March 1905 and 2 April 1905 prior to their marriage. On 1 Oct 1905 their first daughter Elsie Elizabeth White was born at Hampton, Hempton, Deddington, Oxfordshire, England. On 7 Nov 1910 their second daughter Florence Lettie White was also born at Hempton, Deddington, Oxfordshire, England. The 1911 Census shows he was 23 years old, married and living with his wife Emma and their daughters in Hempton, North Deddington. He was a Farm Laborer (Worker) in Hempton, North Deddington, Oxfordshire, England.
About 1916 he enlisted with 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42nd Brigade, 14th Division at Banbury, Oxfordshire. His army paperwork shows that he was 28 years old, living with his wife Emma Elizabeth and their daughters Elsie Elizabeth and Florence Lettie at Hempton, Deddington, Oxfordshire, England.
On 3rd of May 1917 he was killed in action at the Battle of Scarpe, during the Arras Offensive. He is commemorated on The Arras Memorial.
I do have all of the source documents attached to George Henry White's profile in my Davies Family Tree on Ancestry.ca unfortunately I have yet to locate the Attestation document wherein he enlisted with the 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Banbury.
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